McLean-Fisk - Neva Read

Neva Read

F, #22223, (11 May 1885 - aft. 28 Jul 1955)

Father: Irwin A. Read (ca. 1853 - )
Mother: Bidilia McLean (ca. 1856 - 26 Mar 1910)

Relationship: Granddaughter of Dennis E. McLean.
Last Edited: 27 Jan 2009

Neva Read Thornburn

Birth: 11 May 1885, Escanaba, Delta Co, MI,
1911 census says 1884.¹
Marriage: 15 Jul 1903, William C. Thornburn, YT, Canada,
(Parents, John Thornburn & Lilias Bonnar)
Possibly in Dawson City, YT.²
Death: aft. 28 Jul 1955.
Primary link: McLean-Fisk.
Immigration: From USA, to Canada.
Census: 1901 Daughter in the household of J. T. Wilson, Fortymile, YT, Canada,
Indexed as Welson
Delia M. Wilson, Emma Whitley & Harry J. Whitley.³
Photograph(s)-Group: , Fortymile, YT, Canada,, _{, Neva Read, Harry J. Whitley.⁴}
Residence: 1907, Winnipeg, MB with William C. Thornburn.²
Residence: 12 Aug 1909, Winnipeg, MB with William C. Thornburn.
Census: 1911 Wife in the household of William Thorburn, Dist 24, Sub-dist 1, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Helen Thorburn, Lilias Thorburn & Margaret Thorburn.
News: 18 Sep 1935, News Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, MB, Canada,
Mrs. Kenneth Claude Wilson, Bob Thornburn & William Thornburn.⁵
Marriage: 7 May 1938, Attended the wedding of
Henry J. T. Nylander and Lilias Geraldine Thornburn
Winnipeg, MB, Canada.^6,7
News: 6 Aug 1938, News Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.⁸
Obituary: 10 Feb 1942, Surviving Mother in an obituary of "Robert Thornburn", Ironwood Daily Globe, Ironwood, Gogebic Co, MI.⁹
Residence: bet. 31 Jul 1944 & 5 Apr 1945, Toronto, York Co, ON with Helen Wilson.
Related: Niece of Mary Ann Wylie (McLean).
Name Variation: Vera Thorburn.
Name Variation: Mary Neva Geraldine Read.²
Name Variation: Neva Reed.
Name Variation: Nevada Wilson.³
Married Name: Neva Thornburn.
Married Name: Neva Read Thornburn.

Children with William C. Thornburn :

Helen Dorothy Neva Thornburn (20 Mar 1904 - aft. 1945)
Lilias Geraldine Thornburn (30 May 1905 - )⁷
Margaret Catherine Jean Thornburn (22 Feb 1908 - )
William Austin Read Thornburn (22 Nov 1914 - 6 Jun 1917)
Robert Alfred McLean Thornburn (11 Feb 1919 - 27 Jan 1942)
John Irwin Thornburn (26 Aug 1923 - 29 Aug 1923)

Citations:

[S5] Birth and name information from census and other records:
1901 Census: Age 18
1911 Census: Age 27, b. May 1884
18 Jul 1944 border crossing: Age 59-2, b. 11 May 1885, "Zscanaba, Mich."
1945 border crossing: Age 59, b. 11 May 1885, "Esconada, Mich."
[S2658] Barnet M. Greene Charles Whately Parker, Editors., Who's Who In Canada, 1912, Google Books, URL: http://books.google.com/books,M1, p. 1072, William Thornburn.
[S2161] 1901 Canada Census, ,
Ancestry Images Online: z000168742
Dwelling, 6, Family, 7 & 8, Head: J. T. Wilson.
[S2188] Annette Libby Fisk Photographs, unknown repository.
[S70] Ancestry.com, General search results, URL: www.ancestry.com, :
Historical Newspapers > Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba) (18 Sep 1935
Mrs. William Thornburn who has been the guest of Mrs. R. H. Gilhuly, Selkirk, since Sept. 1, will return to the city the end of this week and will leave about Oct. 1 for Toronto where she will join Mr. Thornburn and son, Bob, and be the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Claude Wilson.
[S70] Ancestry.com, General search results, URL: www.ancestry.com, :
Historical Newspapers > Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba) (25 Apr 1938)
Mr. and Mrs. William Thornburn, of Port Elgin, Ont., formerly of Winnipeg, announce the engagement of their second daughter, Lilian Mae, to Dr. H. T. J. Nylander son of the late Mr. John Nylander and Mrs. Nylander, of Winnipeg. The wedding will take place in early May.
[S70] Ancestry.com, General search results, URL: www.ancestry.com, :
Historical Newspapers > Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba) (16 May 1938)
NYLANDER-THORNBURN
The marriage of Lilias Mae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thornburn, of Port Elgin, Ont., and Dr. H. T. J. Nylander, son of Mrs. Nylander and the late Mr. John Nylander, of Winnipeg, took place Saturday, May 7, at 2:30 p.m.. Rev. Bertil A. Erling officiated.
[S70] Ancestry.com, General search results, URL: www.ancestry.com, :
Historical Newspapers > Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba) (6 Aug 1938)
Mrs. William Thornburn, of Port Elgin, Ont., who has spent the past two weeks in the city the guest of her daughter, Miss Margaret Thornburn, is now the guest of Mrs. R. H. Gilhuly, of Selkirk, Man.
[S2435] Ironwood Globe
, Ironwood Daily Globe (Ancestry)Killed in Blast, 10 Feb 1942.